Friday, March 19, 2010

A particularly disturbing article has been published in an online news website claiming that a former Director Military Intelligence (DMI) is going to resign after being forced to testify against General Sarath Fonseka.

General Karunasekara, as a Brigadier and DMI worked very closely with General Fonseka during the humanitarian operation. He was part of a team of talented officers working under Fonseka who saw the war to its very end. This alone is not evidence to tie the loyalties of Karunasekara with Fonseka.

It is true that a few intelligence officers were questioned after the Fonseka Fiasco by the CID. The questioning was not heavy and the CID wanted to know it these officers had been instructed by Fonseka to conduct any activities against the state. General Karunasekara was not among those questioned.

The other blatant lie in this report is that intelligence officers under General Kapila Hendevitharana as DMI/DGMI, had taken bribes from the LTTE and that General Karunasekara (then Brigadier) had been appointed DMI by Fonseka to replace Hendevitharana and rid the forces of this corruption.

General Hendevitharana is an officer with an exemplary record of service for Military Intelligence. We do not wish to go into exact details of his work during the war but many would know from published reports the services we are referring to.

This is not the first and last time that Political Journalism has attempted to defame good officers. These sites once destroyed the illustrious career of General Fonseka. Let us hope they do not do any more damage to the Sri Lanka Army.

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DW, there are news reports SF had loyal journalists who reported war news exaggerating him and undermine the ground commanders, Navy and air force. And he even unleashed thuggery against those who got their news from other forces.

Can you comment on this?

What do you know about the illegal money stash found in possession of Danuna's Mother? Where did the money come from? For what purpose? There is a similar matter in court now on illegally bringing in money to Sri Lanka, agaisnt Ravi Karunanayaka (From Raj Rajarathnam). Is he connected to Fonseka's illegal money?

[What do you know about the illegal money stash found in possession of Danuna's Mother? Where did the money come from? For what purpose? There is a similar matter in court now on illegally bringing in money to Sri Lanka, agaisnt Ravi Karunanayaka (From Raj Rajarathnam). Is he connected to Fonseka's illegal money?]

How come the money is illegal when people are not with the government?

"The Foreign Ministry will take stern action against the diplomat who removed the items belonging to the owner of his residence in Japan, if proved guilty. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama addressing the media yesterday said proper action will be taken to protect the Foreign Ministry against the actions of the diplomat concerned. "

Danunas-grandmother-released on bail -- did not know she was arrested. How pathetic. --------------------- Indeed, harboring a fugitive at large; and now she claims she didnt know? pathetic bunch the Fonseka family circle.

Man you were good,all this time you managed to hide that you are a paid SL government propagandist, but now its out.

You were placed here by the SL government to cook up those obnoxious, unsubstantiated charges and slander against the government, so the entire opposition and their arguments look absolutely dumb witted and ridiculous to the common man.

[You were placed here by the SL government to cook up those obnoxious, unsubstantiated charges and slander against the government, so the entire opposition and their arguments look absolutely dumb witted and ridiculous to the common man.]

Although you appear like a fierce opponent of me "the government guy", you "the opposition guy" never countered or replied to my counter arguments against your cooked up charges against the government. Instead you just kept on saying gibberish and attempting personal attacks, just like the opposition parties. Letting people who come here realize that the opposition is cooking up obnoxious charges against the government and they are just speechless when confronted with evidence.

Neat trickYou plant a slanderous charge against the government here, make some one like me reply to it with good evidence, and then you start replying with gibberish that make no sense at all, and then you accuse me of being a government agent.

Making the people who come here believe me "the government guy" and ridicule you "the opposition guy"

"The Foreign Ministry will take stern action against the diplomat who removed the items belonging to the owner of his residence in Japan, if proved guilty. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama addressing the media yesterday said proper action will be taken to protect the Foreign Ministry against the actions of the diplomat concerned. "

Danunas-grandmother-released on bail -- did not know she was arrested. How pathetic. --------------------- Indeed, harboring a fugitive at large; and now she claims she didnt know? pathetic bunch the Fonseka family circle.

Man you were good,all this time you managed to hide that you are a paid SL government propagandist, but now its out.

You were placed here by the SL government to cook up those obnoxious, unsubstantiated charges and slander against the government, so the entire opposition and their arguments look absolutely dumb witted and ridiculous to the common man.

[You were placed here by the SL government to cook up those obnoxious, unsubstantiated charges and slander against the government, so the entire opposition and their arguments look absolutely dumb witted and ridiculous to the common man.]

DW says[This is not the first and last time that Political Journalism has attempted to defame good officers. These sites once destroyed the illustrious career of General Fonseka. Let us hope they do not do any more damage to the Sri Lanka Army.]

How do you keep motivated forces after seeing what corrupt politicians are doing for the forces and the country?

SL forces should find a way to take care of political vultures of the nation. Otherwise we will loose heroes after heroes like we lost Kobbakaduwa and Janaka.

Blogger Parrots of Pakisland said.................otherwise we will loose heroes after heroes like we lost Kobbakaduwa and Janaka.-----------------

OK OK... dont try to make it obvious to the people here that you are working for the government, by reminding people that UNP killed Ge. Kobbakaduwa and Gen. Perera. Specially during and election time.

[OK OK... dont try to make it obvious to the people here that you are working for the government, by reminding people that UNP killed Ge. Kobbakaduwa and Gen. Perera. Specially during and election time.]

Hmm, your gay brother Assithri says I work for LTTE. You say I work for the govt.

Trying to figure out who is the dumb and who is the dumber between you two.

[ Pol Sambol said... Anyway he is a manipulative worthless crook if you look at his work when he was with AFP when he entertained Tamil racism then jumped into the nationalist camp when the war was being won.]

Description well suits most MP in SL.

Lot of things change when the war is won including SF becoming a traitor.

That is an impressive track record of faking perhaps second to none. Make no mistake, we are still laughing at the social cancer hiding behind your name. Not only we laugh at you, we laugh at anybody taking a terrorist scum like you seriously. As for Fonseka going against national interests of Sri Lanka together with scum like Ranil and Mangala, the people of Sri Lanka has given them the middle finger in style with 60% of the votes for President Mahinda Rajapakse. So my little scummy, despite of your stupidity, we rule this land not you or other scummies.

'Banging the head against every organization and country would not help Sri Lanka's economy in the long run'

“Banging the head against every organization and country may help boost one’s ego but would not help country’s economy in the long run. This does not mean that Sri Lanka should compromise its sovereignty for perks. It means that Sri Lanka needs to be civil and diplomatic when dealing with the outside world,” says the March 20th editorial of Daily Mirror.lk.

Full Text of the editorial:

It certainly is quite interesting to watch the manner the government, which at one point was insisting that it could do well without the GSP + facility, makes announcements about every single step of its talks with the EU to regain the concession.

Of course Sri Lanka would still have survived, though with a lot of difficulties, if the EU decides against lifting the suspension. There would have been a major down turn in economy. Still the country would have pulled through with some scars.

The GSP plus certainly is critical and that’s exactly why the government sent a delegation to have a dialogue with the European Commission with a view to get the suspension lifted.

Professor G.L. Peiris told media on Wednesday that the government team that returned from Brussels had a promising start and that Sri Lanka remains optimistic about the outcome of talks. Prior to his announcement there were quite a few statements to the effect that everything was hunky dory with the EU.

So it appears that whatever rhetoric and grandstanding to the effect that Sri Lanka can absorb the loss of the tariff concession without much of an issue the government has been giving away all signs that it is desperate to get it back to sustain the economy. One may well say that if Sri Lanka had maintained same accommodating tone instead of the confrontational note with which it approached the issue of GSP + and moved to make a few adjustments it may perhaps would have retained the EU tariff concession. Banging the head against every organization and country may help boost one’s ego but would not help country’s economy in the long run. This does not mean that Sri Lanka should compromise its sovereignty for perks. It means that Sri Lanka needs to be civil and diplomatic when dealing with the outside world.

It’s easy to shut the door saying ‘we can do without you’ and then lament, go with bended knees a few days later and become the laughing stock of the world. Sri Lanka could have avoided all that embarrassment if the politicians acted like mature statesmen instead of behaving like spoilt brats. While these politicians have only local audience in mind when they make these explosive statements, they often forget that most of those inflammatory speeches land on web and are disseminated world –wide.

'Banging the head against every organization and country would not help Sri Lanka's economy in the long run'

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Jay, from the face value this looks like a legitimate statement. But its not true. SL is not banging its head against every organization, SL is just defending itself against being banged.

The English speaking Colombo crowd will never understand this. They think the west is perfect, they have perfect governments and they have absolutely pure intentions.

They blame the rest of SL as being, isolated island minded people, but they themselves are so outof touch that they do not know that the west is as corrupt as any other country if not more.

The Daily mirror reading crowd think, knowing about Lady Ga Ga's family gossip is being well informed about the world.

The best example that west wont support us is how he treated their obedient servant boy Ranil Wikramasinghe.

RW ran the country according to the instructions of the west.His economics adviser was a white guy, (forgot his name, can some one remind me), and there were reports at that time the budget was drafted in a room World bank office Washington DC.

He did everything about the LTTE problem according to the instruction from the west.The infamous ceasefire agreement was drafted in Norway. RW didnt even inform about it to his own UNP cabinet, until the day he signed it, let alone get their ideas.

When the LTTE was violating the ceasefire he didn't utter a word.

This lead to his governmnet being defeated in 2004 and him being defeated in 2005.

You might remember that the main issue in 2004 that RW is not strong enough to hold the LTTE accountable to honor the ceasfire, that he is such a wimp he has given a free hand to the LTTE.

The truth was that RW couldnt do anything about it, it was the responsibility of the "international organizations" to hold the LTTE responsible, and persuade them into the ceasefire road map. They didnt do any thing about it, given that it was being formulated by them. This ultimately led to making RW unpopular and looking like a wimp and loosing the elections.

My point his the "international organizations" didnt come to aid their most loyal servant even when he was doing everything according to their beat. So what guarantee do we have that they will hold their part of the responsibility when the government doesn't want to do everything according to them?

The world is a much different place now. It has moved away from the post cold war scenario, where there was only one superpower.

Countries are allying according to their rationalization roots, the super power is shaking, many other powers are emerging. We have to align ourselves to this truth.

The arrogant cocky and out of touch English speaking crowd in Colombo will not understand this (purposely). They do not rule Sri Lanka anymore, even in Sri Lanka the political power has shifted to the rural mass, not only as voting block, but and having influence on the economic-political-international relations ideology of this country.

For the Colombo crowd, as a permanent power broker in SL politics, Their end is in sight

I fail to understand how the article i posted has anything to do with the so called English speaking Colombo crowd.

Be that it may, it clearly exposes how politicians even the likes of GLP playing to the galleries of the "rural masses" and the "Colombo crowd"Sri Lankans have very short memories.The so called "Colombo Crowd" has never since the days of Dudley Senanayake had political clout/influence/votes to win or sway elections.But,they do have economic influence which the politicians never ignore.

Not sure the relevance of RW in this context. He was, and is and will be a waste of time.

Contrary to what you say, SL under the current regime is banging its head against every credible organisation and country. (Naturally, not the likes of Libya, Iran,Myanmar, China etc)

It's interesting that most Lankans living abroad who shout the loudest are living in the West, the very same countries that SL is banging its head!

Finally, going back to the topic of GSP+ this concession was never intended to be long term. The likes of MAS, Hemas, (Colombo Crowd?) took the strategic decision to take advantage of this concession to diversify into other markets with JV's in Japan, India , Thailand etc leaving a few depending on this Concession, the very same the Politicians are wooing.Come April 8th, they will be forgotton as always the case.

Why has the Sri Lankan Govt not disclosed the fact that they are aware that a unit has been set up in the UN Hague Office to investigate the war crimes commited by the Armed Forces of SL, LTTE and other para-military groups?

Why do i get the feeling there WILL be a war crimes investigation (internal or external) in SL whether we like it or not but it remains to be seen if it happens during the Rajapakse tenure or after.My guess is more like the latter.

I could'nt help but read about a comment on the "infamous" CH4 video in SLDF.

It intrigues me why the SL Govt did not take legal action against CH4 regarding the authenticity of this video.I recall a high level legal team including the AG sent to London to consult legal counsel with a view to taking legal action.

(ps: Even the likes of Katie Pice (sic)aka Jordon won substantial damages against CH4 for false reporting)

We will never know what leading counsel advised the SL team.Is it authentic or false? Who can be called as "star" witnesses and the kind of questioning that could open a can of worms?Interesting no further word/comment from the high level SL legal team. Ducktaped?

Instead, CH4 got a slap on the wrist by Ofcom (technically Ofcom is open only to the British public for defamation and misleading reports)

I fail to understand how the article i posted has anything to do with the so called English speaking Colombo crowd.

-------------------Jay. DM is an English newspaper, its is not read by people in Dehiattakandiya, it is read by English speaking crowd in Sri Lanka, and a vast majority of them live in Colombo. And the editor is not from Karandeniya or Hulandawa, she is from the Colombo elite.

That is why the article represent the voice of the Colombo elite.

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Contrary to what you say, SL under the current regime is banging its head against every credible organisation and country. (Naturally, not the likes of Libya, Iran,Myanmar, China etc)

-------------------------Not ture, we are not in conflict with the non aligned movement ,SL also joined the ASEAN security council. Its not only Lybiya Iran and Myanmar, SL also has very good relations with Russia and India two big powers in the world. Did you exclude them purposely to make your point?You might also find it interesting that China holds more than 40% of US debt, and many other markets around the world.

The article heading itself shows the ignorance and idiocy of the author.

SL is not baging its head against all the world organizations as I said many other organizations and powerful countries have good relations with Sri Lanka. The author and its readers might be thinking that western lead organizations are the only only organizations in the world, for them west is the world. A good reflection of the subservient mentality of the Colombo elites towards the hypocritical west.

----------------------Be that it may, it clearly exposes how politicians even the likes of GLP playing to the galleries of the "rural masses" and the "Colombo crowd"

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Whats wrong with that? Isnt that the job of the politician? To represent the people who elected them.

When there is an external threat to the country, it is the job of the politicians to show to the external force, that what the vast majority of this country is against their demands.

How do you want our politicians to act, bend over back wards and let them interfere with the ruling of our country?

---------------------It's interesting that most Lankans living abroad who shout the loudest are living in the West, the very same countries that SL is banging its head!

--------------------------Absolutely right, because those people are well aware of the hypocrisy of the west. Unlike the idiots of the Colombo elite.

-------------------Not sure the relevance of RW in this context.

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I'm sorry I dindt make myself clear. My point is that RW even after being a loyal servant of the west was not helped by the west.

Therefor there is no point , depending on the west for anything. We do not need to yield for their illegal undemocratic demands.

----------------------ps- I cannot read your name.Not sure how i should address you.

---------------------Looks like you are from the Colombo elite. And you do not read any of the Sinhala news papers or web sites. Give them a shot, expose yourself to some different view points. Then you will be able to read my screen name.

We've seen some journalists praising SF and taking every word that came from him during the war. In turn SF would give them 'more' to write about etc. Ambitious officers have always done that (Compare a guy like Prasanna Silva with a few others who hit the headlines and you'll see the difference). Some officers were better than others. Hence our reason to promote those that were not highly praised by the local media. Its one of those "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" scenarios. One such crooked journalist fellow was the guy Pol Sambol has mentioned. This is why we called him on his crookedness very early on.

anyway, lets see the truth or otherwise of the statement on it's own merits.

does SL bang it's head/first/dick or whatever on every organisation and every country????

no. not at all.

it's a VERY SMALL NUMBER of organizations and an even smaller number of countries!!!

and these FEW countries' significance in the south asian region is ZERO anyway!!!

take a look at other countries. they too have these issues. there was a time SL arse licked and slept with every org and country under the sun. they screwed the country and supported the LTTE, even visited the banned terrorist org's leaders.

SL responding to these nonesnse means SL is concerned about its affairs.

WOW! Looks like all the BORN LOSERS are now jumping on the bandwagon of Mahinda Chintanaya!

LMSSAO!!!

News News News…

No Lankan national party promises

[COLOMBO: In the run up to the April 8 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections, no national political party has promised a federal system, a demand Tamils have been struggling for since Independence in 1948.

Strangely, Gen Sarath Fonseka, who got most of the Tamil votes in the last Presidential election, has explicitly rejected federalism. His outfit, the Democratic National Alliance’s manifesto said, it would defeat attempts to impose federalism on Lanka.]

WOW! Now ain’t that a rapid 180 degree turn or what???

LMSSAO!!!

But wait…it gets better…

[The United National Party, which was with Fonseka in the Presidential election, is quiet on the post-war political structure.]

ha ha ha…what else uh?

Then, of course, as the born-loser RW Ponnaya said, UriNePee is:

[But to woo the Tamils somehow, it has promised the dismantling of many of the High Security Zones in Jaffna and allow settlements there. ]

People like Sam, Ananda, Moshe supported SF's position openly here. Apparently MR was not dumb enough to go along with SF on this one.

Increases forces was to destroy Sri Lanka by funding all resources to the army and therefore making commissions out of supplies.

SF should have put in jail for this incident than fake coup news.

[The detained Sri Lankan Army Commander, Gen.Sarath Fonseka, had asked for a 300,000 increase in the strength of the army even after the conclusion of the war against the LTTE, on the plea that the island nation faced a military threat from India, President Mahinda Rajapaksa revealed in an interview to Straits Times of Singapore on Thursday.

“Do you know he (Fonseka) wanted to increase the size of the army to 450,000? I asked him how much do you have now? He said 200,000. And I said, now that the war is over, you want 450,000? He said 'Every village you have to guard. You have to be careful. Cannot release these fellows (IDPs) for three years.”

“He said there are external threats. So I asked, who he was talking about? 'And he said, India'. India's standing army is 1.5 million, its paramilitary forces are about 1 million. So what can 450,000 do against 2.5 million? I told him, let me worry about external forces,” Rajapaksa said. ]

Why are you living in America?Whether you like it or not, Sri Lanka will become a little America (at least developed cities) during next few years.

Most my younger relatives are asking iPods and Cell Phones that they can text and access facebook.

No one has asked rubber slippers and white dresses to go to Sunday school yet.

SL students goes to US universities are much more Americanized than Americans students.

We are worshipers of English and Western culture. Today even Buddhist monks apply for Green Card lottery.

Living in USA and speaking against liberal western values like what commercial Buddhist monks preaches in the morning from Rupavahini.

I support cultural values without crap and hypocrisy. Let's be honest with ourselves.

[දේශපාලුවා said...

Some people have been recommending latterly that we subscribe to western liberal values because there is a lot to learn from them, and because good governance and the Rule of Law began because of the Magna Carta, and such. Personally I have not heard such a great deal of gobbledygook in a very long time. ]

Looks like a very stupid opinion. If one doesn't have Sinhala fonts installed, you won't read Sinhalese letters on your browser.

Quote Deshapakaya[ps- I cannot read your name.Not sure how i should address you.

---------------------Looks like you are from the Colombo elite. And you do not read any of the Sinhala news papers or web sites. Give them a shot, expose yourself to some different view points. Then you will be able to read my screen name.]

The parliamentary election is likely to become a more difficult one for the MR-family business to win. The level of resentment among most people in Colombo is somewhat reminiscent of the last days of the Premadasa tyranny. There is a very real sense of oppression which over-rules everyday life, to a level that is completely unacceptable to people like myself who've lived in the West. The feeling of complete impunity from any consequences for whatever the govt goons do over rides everything else. The intelligentsia seethes with resentment against the increasingly arrogant family autocracy, at the same time distrustful and contemptous of the Ranil's ponna outfit as an alternative. A large split in the UNP voter base is likely to go to SF's camp, even though they offer no solutions, only worse problems.

MR is starting to sow the seeds of his own destruction. He and his entrenched family seem to think they are royally entitled to assume superior knownledge of what's good for all Sri Lankans. This is where is went wrong for the Bandaranaike's and even the LTTE. Sri Lankans may be silent about family dynastic approaches, but they do take them down, unceremoniously. The two I quoted are clear examples.

MR must listen. He must stop lying in the belief that outsiders are stupid. The recent denial that only his two bro's are in politics is an insult to his own intellect, even if it was meant to be to the reporter who raised the question. Colombo's top spots are all being filled by the family and faithful to an extent never seen before.

MR will do well to realize that Sri Lankans are inherently democratic people, who are gradually but decisively becoming disnchanted with him and his monkey tribe. The fascsination of the war's conclusion is eroding fast, and only remnants of gratitude remain. Give it one more year and the people will be sick of hearing MR and family pleading for extended gratitude for services performed long ago. And as Sri Lankans usually do, they will opt to forget and move on.And when the shit hits the fan, there will likely be arrest warrants waiting elsewhere for some of the family. That day could be sooner than the MR clan thinks, if influential Sri Lankans get to the point of begging foreign countries to get involved in a 'regime change'. There are plenty of patriotic Sri Lankans who hold their country in high esteem and do not appreciate it being owned by a group of thugs, when there can be better outcomes.MR needs to do better than this.

You are over-generalizing Sri Lankans abroad. I am an American of SL descent and raise my family to be able to fit into either culture. Of course my kids are different to any one from a village in SL, but that doesn't make them into the stereo-typical mould you are speaking about. And then there are plenty of others who maintain a very good balance between two or sevarl cultures they are exposed to.

I agree that there are some who are affected by the western culture when they go there, but these are essentially the hollow type from lower ends of SL society, lacking in intellectual depth or class. But to generalize everyone by the standards (or lack of them) of a few is not right.

I hope that our MI is running a 24/7 operation to thwart any attempts by diaspora to resume violence against us. We need to nip the bud militarily while political settlement is taking place in the back ground.

but the "resentment" in greater colombo area against MR is not shared by the masses.

for them MR's democracy is OK and they actually don't feel ANY CURTAILMENT of their democracy!!!!

this is different to the case of RP.

in the case of RP the colombo had had little or no problem. it was the masses that had the problem.

MOST ppl opposed to MR too find the UNP as a viable alternative than the JVP which is crying for democracy.

the bottomline is MOST ppl don't feel any reduction in THEIR democratic rights.

agree that rajapakshas should listen. but they should listen to the political majority.

i get this feeling MR deliberately wants to avoid a 2/3 parliament. i think he is aware of the possibility that a strong parliament will affect his family power. only 3 rajapakshas among 225 is not going to change anything.

like ALL presidents, he too want to parliament to TOTALLY DEPEND on him to maintain the majority.

" The Next Round In Sri LankaMarch 6, 2010: Sri Lanka is waiting for Tamil separatists to resume their war for independence. Many in the Tamil minority want to partition the island, handing the north, and the east coast, over to the Tamils, for a separate nation. A year ago, the Tamil separatists were defeated after a long battle for partition. While the LTTE (the main Tamil separatist organization) has been defeated, the organization still exists among Tamils elsewhere. Many of the two million Tamils in Sri Lanka still support the LTTE, as do many Tamils in southern India (the ancient homeland of the Tamils) and overseas. There are about 77 million Tamil speakers worldwide, most (nearly 80 percent) of them living in southern India (Tamil Nadu). Although a part of India, many Tamils believe that part, or all, of Sri Lanka should come under Tamil control. Of particular value for separatist militants are the 1.2 million Tamils living, and prospering, in the West. Many support partition of Sri Lanka, and this is an idea that will not go away. There are still thousands of Tamils, in Sri Lanka, and everywhere, who are still willing to fight and kill for this goal. Indian Tamils have their own state in India (Tamil Nadu), and continue to pressure the Indian government to support Tamil separatism in Sri Lanka. The expatriate Tamil communities are still a source of cash for the LTTE. Most of these expats are in the United States, United Kingdom, throughout the European Union, Canada and Australia. The defeat of the LTTE, and the capture, or death, of many of the LTTE leaders, has left the terrorist organization demoralized and disorganized. The fund raising operations (mainly among the expatriates in the West) has been battered, but not destroyed. The LTTE remains tagged as an international terrorist organization, something Western nations took their time doing, and which played a role in the final defeat of the LTTE army on Sri Lanka.

Total losses for nearly 30 years of violence were about 80,000 dead, three times as many wounded, and over half a million refugees (meaning four percent of 20 million Sri Lankans were hurt or displaced). Twenty-six years after the LTTE began attacking government forces, the war in Sri Lanka finally ended a year ago. But in the 1990s, the LTTE inflicted several major defeats on the army, including driving out an Indian peacekeeping force. LTTE suicide bombers killed a Sri Lankan prime minister, a former Indian prime minister, and many other senior officials in Sri Lanka. By 2002, the LTTE had taken control of 14,000 square kilometers (22 percent of the island nation of Sri Lanka), and signed a ceasefire with the government. Tamils comprised 13 percent of the 20 million people living on the island, and wanted to establish their own nation in the territory the LTTE controlled in the north and along the east coast. Non-Tamils were driven out of that LTTE territory, and victory appeared in sight."

"Negotiations with the government failed because hard line LTTE leaders insisted on partition of the island. The government, and many moderate LTTE leaders were willing to allow greater autonomy, but not a separate state. This led, in 2004, to a split in the LTTE, with the east coast faction making a deal with the government. Troops moved into the east coast to put down the few hard line LTTE fighters that remained there. Continued negotiations with the LTTE proved fruitless, as the hardliners still insisted on partition. The war resumed in 2006, and in 34 months of fighting, the army lost 6,200 dead and over 30,000 wounded in what it called the Eelam War IV campaign. The LTTE lost over 20,000 fighters during this period. By the end of 2008, the LTTE had been forced into a small area on the northeast coast. The LTTE called on its Tamil supporters in southern India and overseas to demonstrate and persuade foreign governments to force Sri Lanka to stop the offensive, declare a ceasefire, and allow the LTTE to rebuild itself. This effort failed.

Determining how many Tamil civilians were killed during the last few months of fighting is complicated by the fact that many of the LTTE fighters were wearing civilian clothes, and the LTTE was deliberately urging, or coercing, Tamil civilians to accompany the troops and serve as human shields. The LTTE believed in "total war", where everyone, including women and children, had to be ready to risk their lives for the cause.

The defeat left many Tamils bitter, and Sri Lankan government is torn between trying to accommodate their Tamils, and preparing for a resumption of violence. Considering how popular partition is with Tamils outside of Sri Lanka, another round of violence seems certain."

disregarding some petty errors, i agree with the strategypage article.

well, it is CERTAIN there will be another war. SLDFs should be ready to KILL, KILL and KILL AS MANY AS IT TAKES.

getting closer to the prey is one HUGE advantage in hunting.

keep prey as close to the hunters as LIVESTOCK, ready to be put down ANYTIME.

if tigers emerge, they will emerge from the north east. otherwise they cannot be seen as "defenders" of separatists there. not only they have to attack SLDFs but they also have to defend hardcore separatists from our retaliatory attacks. stay close to them so that they can be hunted selectively any given time.

SLDFs present focus should change from 2008-09 HARVESTING strategy to a HUNTING strategy.

[well, it is CERTAIN there will be another war. SLDFs should be ready to KILL, KILL and KILL AS MANY AS IT TAKES.]

Moshe, old boy, that's why I advocated putting to death at least the second rung of LTTE leaders in captivity soon after the victory. Ancient Romans established Pax Romana, the Roman peace, by annihilating their enemy without mercy. They slaughtered most of the enemy on the battlefield and took the rest as prisoners of war to be paraded through the city of Rome in a big victory parade. The war prisoners were usually strangled after the parade in dark underground passages at the base of Capitoline Hill, ironically now located below the church of San Giuseppe dei Faleginami, where burly servants waited with leather ropes to stand behind the kneeling prisoners. We should have paraded some of these bastards in the victory parade in chains and executed them on the Galle Face Green. That would have sent such a dread into the heart of seperatists to have them not even dream about Peelam for the foreseeable future.

Arn't we all. I am an LTTE guy for some of your folks - I guess that is not generalization.

[ I am an American of SL descent and raise my family to be able to fit into either culture. Of course my kids are different to any one from a village in SL, but that doesn't make them into the stereo-typical mould you are speaking about. ]

Perhaps you are the exception and good for you. How come most so called patriots here are from America even though some of them hate western culture?

Aren't we very confused and insecure souls with no backbone? We want to blame America for everything, yet we live in America. It is kind of like Sinhalese Buddhists going to Katharagama.

[ I agree that there are some who are affected by the western culture when they go there, but these are essentially the hollow type from lower ends of SL society, lacking in intellectual depth or class.]

Isn't this generalization too? I see US worshiping from the High End (wealthy) society than low end (good Sinhalese farming folks).

I don't like when you call other people hollow type. How do you know for sure you are not hollow?

Over 10,000 people are fasting in front of the US embassy condemning this and saying NO.

[U.S. government provides 750 scholarships to Sri Lankan youth in the East and NorthMar 23 (CP) Jaffna- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has recently awarded 750 scholarships in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to youth in the North and East. A U.S. Embassy press release said the scholarships presented to 500 youth in the North and 250 in the East will provide the recipients with the skills needed to meet current workforce demands. ]

[40 ministers will lose jobs: DullasMar 23 (DM) Government spokesman and Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said yesterday about 40 ministers would lose their jobs in the next UPFA government as President Mahinda Rajapaksa was determined to prune the cabinet to less than 40. “This is a sacrifice the country expects from us as government politicians.]

ABC's choice of Amanpour for 'This Week' has critics inside the network and beyond.

By Tom Shales (Washignton Post)

In a way, Amanpour, scheduled to leave CNN after 18 years of international coverage and take over the program in August, could be seen as the opposite of the perfect candidate.

And even though Amanpour has often been touted for her expertise on foreign affairs, she has vocal and passionate critics in that arena as well. Supporters of Israel have more than once charged Amanpour with bias against that country and its policies.

The group called Westin's selection of Amanpour to anchor "This Week" a "bizarre choice," but had also knocked her predecessor in the job, George Stephanopoulos, who has since moved on to "Good Morning America" and who previously worked to elect Bill Clinton and served in his White House

Day closed yesterday with the pelting of stones at MBC - Mahajara Broadcasters. Today the day rolled with much hype and debate and ended with govt decision to ban Akon from entering SL.

I am not a fan of Akon, nor do I value his kind of music for a penny, but there were lots of important points behind the tale.

- Akon is accused of defaming buddhism. I watched his video in Youtube and found it very much debatable. In his orgy like gathering of nearly nude babes there was a BG pic of buddha statue in few of teh frames. It is indeed defamation, but how much was it intentional I don't know.

- In another view, as long as we sell buddha statues as gifts and decorative items, there is no stopping for such actions. Ppl buy decorative items to decorate places, and that is just what Akon did [lacking a lot of common sense though]

- Also, this comes to the same debate of Mohommed cartoons. Is it right to use a religious figures for jokes, ads or erotic stuff?

- Anyway I leave that topic for discussion. Now looking at the attack at MBC, it is almost impossible that Buddhist gathered so fast and organized such a violent act. There were other actions like lobbying and legal action. So who was behind Sirasa/MBC attack? The facts so far lead to one direction. A notorious political figure with a grudge with Mahajara ppl. Akon is used for a reason, to fulfill that.

- What is the end result? See the comments in this article. I believe that it would bring a huge defamation on SL. Diaspora must be busy day and night talking about Sinhala-Buddhist hooligans.

- This raises the next question. Why did MBC plan to bring Akon, of all ppl? They chose a man who has allegations of defaming Buddha to perform in Buddhist majority SL. Correct or not the allegations, it sure makes a chance for communal violence. Why did they choose this man?

- Did the expect a Sha-ruk-Khan style event in Akon show?

- In that view the MBC objective was fulfilled partially last night when they were attacked.

- Among those who spoke to media after MBC attack was Chevan Daniels. Firstly how did this designated tiger get back in? This bugger left SL in haste when Gota accused that there is one tiger in MBC [only one?] that he's gonna take actions against. Now he's safely back...

- So what is cooked by MBC, Chevan Daniels, Akon etc. Things get fishier.

- So even if Akon is not guilty of defamation charges, this show cannot be allowed to go ahead. If anything happened in the show the defamation will be bigger than the whole bunch of Elam war allegations. Most ppl know Akon, very little for Prabhakaran.

- It is not necessarily public, but even tiger remains can be used to make a fake buddhist attack in the show.

- It is a display of many things. MBC ulterior moves, return of some tiger ranks, buddhist's own selling of their idols, west's illogical and ignorant behavior on sensitive matters, local thugs using these and causing unnecessary havoc, and the defamation actions all together - we gotta be very careful.

- Finally I fully support the idea of banning the show. And glad the way the day ended.

Watch 1.49 mark for few nanoseconds to see the Buddha statue they are talking about.

"Akon is scheduled to perform in Colombo at the SSC Stadium on April 24 in a concert that is backed by the Sri Lanka Tourism Promotions Bureau (SLTPB) but a Facebook group with a growing number of members claims the singer is disrespectful of Buddhism and calls for the event to be boycotted. "

If Sri Lankans judge AKON according to their traditional values, he shouldn't be invited. However most of Sri Lankans don't have that kind of values. They have already made the Pakisland there.

The only group I think should be protesting AKON is those who make female diyaredda (National bathing suit of females) in Sri Lanka.

Parrots of Pakisland welcomes Akorn and there will be no grenades like when Sharuk visited.

[COLOMBO — Sri Lanka Tuesday said it had refused US rap star Akon entry to the island following protests that a music video he produced was offensive to Buddhists.Director General of Information Anusha Pelpita said Sri Lanka would not grant the US star a visa for next month's planned concert at a cricket ground in Colombo. ]

Akon should have been banned in the first place because it is commercial western music way out of the mainstream Sri Lankan culture, not because he was offensive to Buddhists.

I don't think Akon was offending Buddhists. The Buddhist statue appearing on his video for 1 nano sec is not disrespecting. That statue was an ornament on a fancy hotel.

What is insulting for Buddhists is having monks driving Benz cars and fake Buddhist monks doing politics.

Anyway, MR did fair for Buddhists since he was fair for Catholics banning Davinci Code.

Parrots of Pakisland welcomes Akorn and there will be no grenades like when Sharuk visited.]]

Idiot. Stop bullshit.

You welcome Akon, and sounds like a grand fan of his shit music, yet you still don't know how to spell his name. The Akon tour was planned for some time, and the outrage was few days old. Sirasa was attacked two days ago. And you waited all this long to welcome him, until I posted the Akon issue.

Why can't you openly say that it is your complexity that you want to say the opposite of what I have said? Why beating around the bush?

Now you have suddenly become a huge fan of his. Why, because state of SL rejected his arrival. If they accepted you will take on that matter.

but howes sleeping with all invaders from parangi onwards have diluted the gene pool and left us. yes. we don't know what we are but we kill in name of being bandas, when in fact the last banda probably died out at some point in 1725.

Regardless of my mixed ethnicity, unlike you, I have no problem in Sri Lanka. I don't ask for a piece of the country which I have no right to solely own. I don't commit acts of terrorism like you do against innocent Sri Lankans. It will be very beneficial to humanity if you give your terrorist habits and learn to live like a peaceful citizen without trying to destroy Sri Lanka every day. However, if you select to stay on the same course, I have no doubt that you too will meet Thalivar in due time.

Over the past fifteen years, Ranil Wickremesinghe has been tinkering with the party constitution and today nobody knows what the final version is.

The party constitution is being kept under lock and key for fear that if others in the party get hold of it, they will find some loophole to get rid of the leader. However if no one has a copy of the constitution, they won’t know where to even start.

This is a pretty smart strategy, but the question is whether people capable of such manipulation should be allowed anywhere near a position of power. In the view of the present columnist, there are two men who should be kept out of power no matter what - Sarath Fonseka and Sarath Silva.

This constitutional cloak and dagger stuff makes us wonder whether RW is a third such individual.

You seem not to have given up defecating everywhere you go. It is very likely that you have not done anything productive in Sri Lanka other than complaining about everything you see. It is very likely that you have never ever spent a cent to help our soldiers. It is very likely that you are a socially inept lonely man. In the past, I have seen this in Eelamists and other riff-raff like Vicosa, 4th international etc. Regardless how hard you try, you are nothing more than a doofus begging for attention. Unfortunately, you will not get the kind of attention and recognition by defecating everywhere. Instead, you and your class of scummies will be seen as social cancers or parasites who hangs on to unwelcome places only to throw tantrums like little brats.

This is a big part of our culture. Unfortunately traitors wearing white robes having parties from this money.

[Foreign revenue up US $ 3.3 b

Suraj A. Bandara in Vavuniya

Foreign revenue has increased by US$ 3.3 billion to be on a par with the previous year which recorded an increase of US$ 2.9 billion, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment Secretary Susil S. Sirisena said.

He was speaking after opening a provincial office and training centre in Vavuniya District. This is the 27th branch which opened by the Bureau this year.

Sirisena said the number of expatriate workers is increasing rapidly. “There is an encouraging demand for Sri Lankan labour in the world as we are reputed to have hard-working people,” he said.

There are over 1.8 million expatriate workers. Most of are employed in the Middle Eastern countries as domestic aids. The Bureau is encouraging people to have a proper training before they leave for foreign jobs. The number of domestic labourers will be minimized under this scheme. They will be sent after training at the Bureau, Sirisena said.

Vavuniya Mayor S. N. J. Nathan said this is a significant moment for the youth in the region to seek job opportunities with a good guidance and proper training. With the war ending the youth in Vavuniya are keen on jobs - both local and foreign.

There are many bogus agents in the region who deceive innocent foreign job seekers. “We face financial problems when looking for foreign jobs. We also face problems when going to Colombo. It is also easy to approach this office and verify the situation, he added. ]

One lone pathetic PARROT Motherfucker desperately posting every little "down" (what we call "fluctuating") news about SL, every falsehood he can muster in his deeply-traumatized, deeply disappointed brain (due to how his heroes were slaughtered in a swamp like rabid dogs)...yes he continues to post all alone in a lone blog...while the cranes are crainning, backhoes are hoeing, bulldozers are not-dozing, and Sri Lanka is moving forward in a frenzy of post-war reconstruction and reconciliation.

See to what a pathetic low this racist "thamileelam" project has now fallen to?

Of all, it now rests on a pathetic motherfucker like this PARROT to keep going!!!

Well, really not a bad one when you are pursuing traitorous whoredogs, but in our case, this is no longer a priority.

Here's why...

After all, likely the US will spend two decades in trying to catch that one man, Bin Laden, but here in our case we caught the next terror-megalomanic wannabe (yes he was in bed with the terrorists and had designs to give the terras "all you can eat" concessions!) and the whoredog is now in jail.

Of course the other terra-whoredog, the fat-blacky-oily-ugly pig with hideous eyes, yes we caught him too and made a "short order" of him and his entourage in a muddy pool!

Please boycott the Subha saha Yasa Concert in Australia. It is organized by traitors and money swindlers.

Check who the organizers are before buying tickets for Sri Lankan functions.

A tiny band of traitors in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra, who belonged to the violent criminal "Singhala" political gang that created the mayhems of 1971 and 1988 -1989 in Sri Lanka have taken up arms against our motherland again. This was evident when a handful of their "comrades" (cowards, they covered their faces with black masks like how they entered and murdered the poor villagers of Sri Lanka for not siding with them) "demonstrated" in front of our High Commission in Canberra a few weeks ago. I am told that they also made a laughable attempt to stage a "vigil" in front of the Sydney Town Hall. They would have thought that they could stage something noticeable like how their cousins, the agents of the LTTE did in the past before they were decimated by the present government of Sri Lanka.

These traitors need funds to do these things and now they have started another ruse. They are beginning to tap into the only popular source of fund raising available to our community organizations (religious, cultural, social or patriotic) which is entertainment. I have observed that these traitors have begun advertising staging of drama, films etc to raise funds for their treacherous activities.

Please be mindful: these traitors are luring you to these shows only to use your money to further their war against your motherland. The Tamil terrorists are gone, but theSinghala terrorists are about to bring on the next round of violence in our country. It doesn't matter whether the show is excellent, please don't buy a ticket. They are only exploiting you and the Singhala culture to the detriment of everyone.

One lone pathetic PARROT Motherfucker desperately posting every little "down" (what we call "fluctuating") news about SL, every falsehood he can muster in his deeply-traumatized, deeply disappointed brain (due to how his heroes were slaughtered in a swamp like rabid dogs)...yes he continues to post all alone in a lone blog...while the cranes are crainning, backhoes are hoeing, bulldozers are not-dozing, and Sri Lanka is moving forward in a frenzy of post-war reconstruction and reconciliation.

See to what a pathetic low this racist "thamileelam" project has now fallen to?

Of all, it now rests on a pathetic motherfucker like this PARROT to keep going!!!

Wow!

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OaO Asithri

March 25, 2010 6:47 AMBlogger Asithri said...

"National Priority: Fonseka in prison for next two decades"

Well, really not a bad one when you are pursuing traitorous whoredogs, but in our case, this is no longer a priority.

Here's why...

After all, likely the US will spend two decades in trying to catch that one man, Bin Laden, but here in our case we caught the next terror-megalomanic wannabe (yes he was in bed with the terrorists and had designs to give the terras "all you can eat" concessions!) and the whoredog is now in jail.

Of course the other terra-whoredog, the fat-blacky-oily-ugly pig with hideous eyes, yes we caught him too and made a "short order" of him and his entourage in a muddy pool!

I do not see him backing down from his treachery and knowing his disgusting ego he will remain defiant, as soon as he is out he will set his revenge into motion and pour scorn on the nation (may try and lead his Pakibooru army to seize power again, would not be bad thing as it will expose his band of cowards and possibly put this multipolar out of his misery).

We need to force a confession out of Gonseak him about his illegal doings and dealings with Blake, Hillary, Ponna-Alliance etc and use this as evidence against them.

I did not come here to discuss religion with a scumbag like you. I did not form any ideas about what is right and wrong for buddhism.

The argument was how appropriate the Akon show was, and the fact that it was good to ban it. My argument was clearly stating that Akon show shud be banned not for religious reasons but for security concerns.

It sadly left some worthless word scrambling for an idiot in your caliber to post few comments here.

You call yourself a Parrot, in fact you are. All what you do is catching few words from other ppl's discussion and repeatedly say them.

New Element Discovered in Sri Lanka to Be Included on the Periodic Table:

The Nuclear Physics Department of the University of Colombo in Sri Lanka has discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 155 assistant neutrons (aka ministrons), 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 442.These 442 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2 - 6 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's mass will actually increase over time, since each re-organization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes. This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration.This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that absorbs just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

Rare photos of Russian strategic bomber jets purportedly intercepted in British airspace show Moscow's war machine is becoming increasingly bold, analysts said Thursday as Russia denied any territorial violations.

Britain's Ministry of Defence released images it said were taken earlier this month of two Russian Tu-160 bombers -- known as Blackjacks by NATO forces -- as they entered UK airspace near the Outer Hebrides islands off Scotland's northwest coast.

"This is not an unusual incident, and many people may be surprised to know that our crews have successfully scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft on more than 20 occasions since the start of 2009," Wing Cdr. Mark Gorringe, of the RAF's 111 Squadron, said in a statement.

The RAF said two of its Tornado fighter jets from its base at Leuchars, on Scotland's east coast, were dispatched to tail the Russian Blackjacks as they approached the western Isle of Lewis.

"The Tornados shadowed the Russians as they flew south, then the Blackjacks turned north, just short of the Northern Ireland coast, and eventually left UK airspace," the statement said.

"After four hours, the Tornado crews stood down and returned to Leuchars."

Russian military authorities on Thursday confirmed their aircraft had been in the area, but denied any violation of British airspace.

"Our planes fly in strict accordance with the international rules government the use of airspace over neutral waters without violating the borders of foreign countries," Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Vladimir Drik told CNN.

"The routine flights by the Tu-160 missile carriers took place in accordance with those conditions on March 10. They did not violate British airspace, and objective control materials confirm that."

Experts say regardless of the exact flight paths, the increased sorties by Russian aircrafts in international airspace show Moscow is flexing its muscles as it re-emerges as a global military player.

"Media reports said that the Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) of which the majority members are Buddhists had taken the initiative to bring Akon to Sri Lanka. Akon's visit was reportedly sponsored by Sri Lankan Airlines and Sri Lanka Tourist Board."

Have you seen what happens when the rib-cage disengages on high velocity impact?

I have...and it is not pretty sight (well that is debatable as I for one, I quite liked it as the ribcage belonged to a TERRORIST).

Yes I have seen a picture of that but that same photo-shoot (after the real-shoot that is! LMSSAO!) had a pic of his buddy with 1/3 skull remaining and with that sucker, the remaining teeth were protruding in an unnatural angle, rather almost in a vicious smile.

ha ha ha...remember those lovely days about this time last year when our MBRLs would "whooooosh" over OUR northern skies?

ha ha ha...you Tamil racist cocksuker, how could you forget them uh?

Yeah bitch, remember when you were on the streets of Toronto just about this time last year with the snarling-tiger flag in one hand and a big-mac in other, trying your damnedest best to put a stop to that kind of grotesque posing in MY North-East?

p.s. tell Pri TCTG that I still think of her now and then...and wish her well despite that we were on opposite poles. Yeah, that's me...no sweet looking or talking gal will ever come in between me and my love for my MOTHERLANKA.

Sri Lanka, political industry at the service of a totalitarian regime:

Sri Lanka is going through a phase of apparent peace after three decades of war between government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the country. However, the recent presidential elections have raised the issue of freedom of thought and speech, of the political struggle between rival factions.

The vote ended with the triumph of outgoing President Mahinda Rajapaksa and the arrest of the challenger, Sarath Fonseka, an army general and hero of the victory over the Tamil rebels. He launched accusations of vote rigging, through which Rajapaksa regained the leadership of the country. In response, the Head of State ordered the arrest of his rival, who is now on trial.

AsiaNews publishes an analysis of the social and political situation in Sri Lanka by anthropologist and writer Sunil Ranasinghe.

The warriors are not a creation of the people, the art of politics appears on giant billboards on the roadside, they influence people to accept them as saviours of the country, it is the strategy of a totalitarian regime. Göbbels, Minister of Propaganda of the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, popularized this psychological effect during the Second World War: "A lie repeated thousands of times, becomes the truth." And it is with this fascist recipe that elites of the regime are using the printed and electronic media to colonize a false view of patriotism in people's minds. This is the hyper reality of a totalitarian state, such statesmanship throws old passions such as cinema, sports and stars into a political dustbin, and converts them into panegyrist to the regime.

The war in Sri Lanka was a war of propaganda, mass consumption of a false patriotism, to maintain the reputation of a shrewd leader, society under the control of mercenaries, and to silence all voices that resisted against a brutal system, "Everything is within the state, nothing outside the State, nothing against the state."

There is no commercial business more profitable than the political industry, the system opens an immense space for the greatest beneficiaries of the war to climb the pyramid of power and reach the summit. The leaders of a regime that centralizes power are regarded as outlaws, belonging to the narrow circle of the capitalist class, with traffickers, people who launder money and punters who sit next to them to exploit the common good. Such a system opens a huge space to the biggest war profiteers in their race to the top of the power pyramid, the leaders of the power centric regime are merely gangsters, belonging to the inner circles of the capitalist class, with smugglers, money launders, brokers, sitting next to them, ready to exploit common wealth.

The economic crisis and social unrest are human disasters of greedy politicians; protests and repression are only tools of the system. If the totalitarian regime suspects you are not resolutely on its side, they threaten to kill you and make fake documents and accusations against you and imprison you, without any judicial trial, wiping out human rights and real meaning of democracy. In the context of foreign conspiracy, false patriots emerge from the surface with religious zeal and apparent calm, but deep down are the most hypocritical and corrupt.

Totalitarianism has crushed the entire population to deploy its official ideology and the regime has increased its efforts to control virtually all aspects of life of society including the economy, education, arts, science, the private and moral life of the people, the officially proclaimed ideology penetrates into every nook and cranny of society; its ambition is total.

Sri Lanka suffered under total control and a painful isolation caused by false patriotism, the totalitarian state has dissolved all ethnic groups spreading suspicion and hatred among the people, it has blocked freedom of expression, following the enactment of the Terrorism Act ( pta Act) the opponents of the regime and the activists are the victims of kidnapping, carried to detention centres and convicted on false accusations.

The security forces act like bandits and wild beasts. The totalitarian regime has launched a campaign of terror against its own nation. "Under the totalitarian regime, it was as if we are forced to live in the same room with an insanely violate man”. We are experiencing the results of the political industry in Sri Lanka. * Sunil Ranasinghe is a freelance journalist, writer and anthropologist

About 2 mill of the 4 mill who voted for your pony are disinformed minorities, whose leaders have shylock syndrome..The rest are Colombians who were sympathising with your kazuthais even during the war..The thing is their number dropped by 700k, whilst the patriotic vote bloc increased by 1.2 mill..Following Sri Lankanization of the tamizh only homoland, the patriotic numbers will increase further..As you kazuthais always love to say 'Just wait and see' (TM)

9/11 suspected master minder caught in Pak in 2003 is to be tried in a "court Marshal". Yes those who preach us about validity of SF's CM, are trying few "pure" civilians in CM. The reason is because many ppl fear taht if they are tried in normal court the courts will be attacked. with fool hardy freedom in America that is a huge and costly concern. Likes of Bloomberg [billionair mayor of NY] and others are lobbying for CM.

But Osama is unchanged. He is making a deadly spell, if the trials are held, he'll attack nevertheless, says he.

We are yet to re-evaluate Osama after Iraq invasion. But he sounds more like a spiritual leader now. I don't see much he can do, yet we do not know.

I like to see how America handles its POW. And how america faces teh threat of terror, and conduct their war against terror.

I hate terrorism anywhere in the world. But that does not stop me enjoying when someone tears off the under pants of the big pundits.

altA person from Madagama, Madamulana in Weerakatiya has died run over by a van driven by a supporter of Minister Chamal Rajapakse. G.R. Wimalasena was run over when the van with reg. no. 54 – 0091 and Minister Chamal Rajapakse’s election stickers stuck on to it was driven fast knocking him down. The victim was carrying water from the public well to his home at about 6.35 p.m.yesterday (25th) when the incident occurred. The van with stickers and a public address system attached to it fled after knocking down the victim.

The van after knocking down Mr. Wimalasena had been driven straight to Weeraketiya Police station. When the residents of the area were taking the body to the Weeraketiya Hospital in a three wheeler another driver in the van had come and forcefully removed the body to the hospital. According to reports the van had been driven by a 16 year old youth called ‘Nuwan’ when the accident occurred. The person who had forcefully taken the body to the hospital is Ruwan, Nuwan’s elder brother.

However, later the police have apprehended the van and according to reports the stickers of Minister Chamal Rajapaske stuck to the van have been removed and the public address system too had vanished. The police had avoided taking statements from the relatives of the victim. However, they have taken down statements from several people at the hospital.

Looks like you just ain't scoring any points here...suggest you retreat inside your LTTE whore-amma's sari (but if you do, I must warn you that you might come out "wearing" this poor, humble OaOA on your hair.

Last evening I met with an insider of the 'royal' family. There is apparently some unhappiness even among the better educated in this very strongly close nit circle of family and friends regarding the way things are happening, but they still want to continue with the charade that such 'trustworthy' individuals are needed in key positions to deliver the prosperity and success Sri Lanka deserves. 'They' are unhappy that 'we'(you and I included) are ungrateful and cannot see it that way. We should actually not bitch about The Son (dear Leader) screwing around with billions of tax money or the brothers and others doing their own 'welfare' projects with no fiscal supervision or accountability. We should actually feel grateful 'they' are sacrificing so much of their time running around in very costly motorcades and heli-jaunts doing their thing....all for us (ie, you and me).Yippeee...we've got our own 'Sole Representatives" now... who really needs democracy ??

We are only slightely Taliban-ish religiously and mostly North Korean-ish politically.

What's happening in SL is starting to feel like an itch in the crotch, which will get increasingly raw with scratching..

We are definitely heading down the wrong road right now as a nation. The world's most combat ready military stares down Asia's most literate workforce on a dialy basis, on our streets, paid for by our sweat and taxes. Each time a Tarzan of the tribe wants to go out for a jaunt they still push everyone off the streets. No one dares speak, or show their irritation. I asked a couple of soldiers standing by the road side what they felt about guarding a bunch of thugs..they simply shrugged and didn't seem to mind much. 'It's my job..' one said and the other looked at him, and that was that.

If 'King'MR and the clan think they can isolate the Colombo elites and rule with an iron fist with the backing of the rural masses, he will be in illustrious company with the likes of Chairman Mao, comrade Fidel and the one he apparently most want to follow ...the 'Great Leader' of North Korea..

All these talented chaps failed in their attempts by trying to circumvent the intelligensia of their own nations. When you piss off your own intellectually strongest people, other nations quickly use them to undermine your little wet dream.

The Russians are still laughing their sides out over the look on MR's face when they gave him a doctorate and a...incredibly...a CROWN...!!!

King Maina! was oggling with eyes the size of saucers and the SL media had the good sense to cut it off...Even if not seen in public wearing it, its a sure bet the guy wears it in private. The biggest gorilla of the banana republik..

We are fast becoming the next set of clowns even among South Asians. My Indian friends are amused and their comments are irritating.

We supported the govt to liberate our nation from terrorism. That was not for tamil tribal terrorism to be replaced by sinhala chauvanistic tyranny that points guns at anyone who dares disagree. But that's exactly what's happening.

With their arrogance, the Rajapaksas are antagonizing the very people who add strength to SL. Give it a couple of more years and western nations or any othrs who want to undermine us will have a lot of internal support from a large and disenchanted, powerful group within the country and elsewhere.

Don't be hood winked by what you read in SL media or the short term prosperity seen from time to time. Oppression of any dissenting voices is at an unprecedented level. Even Central Bank reports are 'cooked' today, which not even Premadasa did. An efficient 'thug-o-cracy' is taking form, one which has the potential to strangle any dissent for decades to come.

I understand the situ as you mentioned. I felt the same during Southern PC elections, and some happenings of the time.

If the dogma and god-hood grows out of proportions they will end up in teh same dust bin of history.

Yet from outside the good is still there. The projects may not be properly audited, but they have lot more outcome than the previously "well-audited" ones. There is a way of thinking in current establishment which I find as the core of all good.

That is that they think that they have a duty to do something regarding issues [late maybe, in their own way maybe]. A kinda we're reesponsible for these matters feeling. This is different to "blame someone for this" method of CBK, and "cheat the folks and survive" feeling of RW. Or seemingly "you listen to ME idiot" approach of SF.

If not for taht, with this kinda power they do not have to do anything. But they, the nepotists feel atht their longevity is protected by being responsible for ppl and representing them.

Premadasa had similar sentiments, but he did not have enough "close-knit" ppl to get the work done. He was surrounded by thugs and crooks and had no sense/knowledge himself to decide the rigt thing. JR is a mix of the three SF, RW and CBK. He blamed prev govts and enemies 24x7, while cheating ppl in bigtime and demanding public to follow him instead of listening.

It is this reason which many feel as they are represented by MR. I still don't see, as an outsider, this has diminished. With all teh power man is still listening to ppl and ppl's representatives [not politicians]. But he has let teh brothers, family and close associates loose, impacting lots of nonsense.

We as ppl have agenda. We need the development to continue, colonization to get going, terrorism to be cruched in international arena, and scurity being strengthened. Until such happens ppl will care less for non-audited projects et al. It is not right, but within the available window of opportunity it is understandable.

But teh bad instinct I see is teh kinda dogma that is growing in inner circles. It is not good. Not for us, but for them. Few more dogmatic actions may bring teh popularity really down. Note taht lack of thr "family" leaves SL in teh ahnds of the failed traitors. The next leader has not groomed yet, from whichever party.

i think that's a big exaggeration mate. but MR is fast becoming another useless bugger. they had a plan to win the war, but don't seem to have a plan thereafter. we've been harping on colonization and the govt shows no interest in that. it's wrong to compare DSS with MR.

now they have cut off communication from ordinary ppl.

but 'colombans' too are to be blamed. some of them have forgotten their country.

MR actually CAN disregard the colombans bocs,

1. MR's political party has LITTLE or nothing to GAIN from them.

2. MR's political party has LITTLE or nothing to LOSE by losing them.

3. MOST colombans are migrating. at least their next generation. so the political power of them is going down by the year. this means govt has even less reasons to have any regard for them.

4. a new rich class is emerging. they are NOT colombans. govt is backing them to take over the status, businesses, etc. of colombans.

but MR cannot disregard the ppl forever. they have to give ppl what they want.

I guess it was you who took up a big role in GOSL from exapt world. If you recall I really warned you of certain things when you took it up. I think it has come to a clash between expectation and reality. Specially most expats expected suddenly so too much from the current establishment as they won the war.

And if you guys remembered I warned all expats not really to leave your jobs and come to govt service when MR apeqaled, since I knew there was no such place held for you guys.

If you rem I was teh critic-loyal to Mr and supporting him for who he is, not for him been a Mahathir, Lee Kwan Yu or a Roosvelt.

I think it is a mere crisis of clash between the expectation and reality in your case.

Few notes for further reading [and jokers forgiven and ignored]. From here on when I say "that has ben the way before" or "past has been worse" I do not mean that I appreciate it, but being realistic of the probabilities and available window of opportunity. When I say "we" I represent ppl in teh view of Sri Lankans, EElamists separatists and other "non-SL" perception holders are not considered.

[[ We are only slightely Taliban-ish religiously and mostly North Korean-ish politically.]]

I cannot fully agree. NKish is not right. Itis family politics, yet NK is many folds deep into it. You have close connections, so there may be ppl who want it that way, but achieving it will be hard. "Family" is a temporary thing in grand SL political map, and MR is yet another Banda. i.e. only one man in the family with charisma to win a major election.

Talibanism is fully wrong. There are taliban thinking factions among govt but teh decision panels do not include them. For good or bad they are "normal" ppl, not infested with ideologies, but sadly infested with natural corruption and other dark human instincts.

[[ What's happening in SL is starting to feel like an itch in the crotch, which will get increasingly raw with scratching..]]

I had this Itch from the day of war victory. I had the feeling of going in an angle to the path I expected. SPC election was really bad. SF story came, and SF made the "family" stronger by bringing enemies of nation into his foild. But teh place SF story ended is not my liking at all. Now the next election has come.

I have an understanding of your feeling, but I still see that messages are passed right to the top. Many "good" things still get initiated. Yes there maybe a % outcome to someone, but I have a belief that % outcome has gone to those from Day 1. But the deliverable given in time, w/o any defect. That is what matters. [Of course I like to see you countering this argument. I am, as you know, an outsider]

[[ We are definitely heading down the wrong road right now as a nation.]]

My view is that it is an angle away from right. "Wrong" is not the right word in my view. Analyzing past 20-30 years of SL history I believe it is closer to right than ever before. Again pls do counter this argument.

[[ The world's most combat ready military stares down Asia's most literate workforce on a dialy basis, on our streets, paid for by our sweat and taxes. Each time a Tarzan of the tribe wants to go out for a jaunt they still push everyone off the streets]]

This I cannot accept. It is a security measure. Pussycats are not the only one enemy our nation has.

Most of us are with the view that govt's critical figures shud take a good care as they stand against some powers of teh world.

It is irritation for you probably you never faced teh war times. For most of us it is mild, soft, and insignificant.

Seriously what's a so big deal about it?

[[ I asked a couple of soldiers standing by the road side what they felt about guarding a bunch of thugs..they simply shrugged and didn't seem to mind much. 'It's my job..' one said and the other looked at him, and that was that.]]

I believe taht shud be a good soldier's response. If we had every Tom Dick and harry's opinion on war then there would be no war.

There is no such "ugly" happenings for a military to revolt against teh rulers like in Romenia Chauchecsku days etc. If they do not do that, the next option is to be loyal.

[[ If 'King'MR and the clan think they can isolate the Colombo elites and rule with an iron fist with the backing of the rural masses,]]

It is not K-MR who isolated Colombo masses, but latter had never backed prior. K-MR has tried his best w/o betraying teh national values. But failed. Note taht your list does not include all colombo ppl. It is a subset. And it includes many whom support separatism, green blood, western alliances, etc. And they oppose purely for those reasons.

You shud have lived in SL during war. I have been with this "so called" masses. They were waiting for Prabha to give Meda Mulana gamarala a fitting punishment. They said in words. So I do not expect much from them now.

Yet MR establishment has one bad act. "Use and throw policy". I do not like it. It is not only Rajapakses but many others wanna do good for SL. And they become crossed when misused taht badly. It is counter productive. If that is what you meant I do agree.

But Colombo elites... oh talk about those.

[[ he will be in illustrious company with the likes of Chairman Mao, comrade Fidel and the one he apparently most want to follow ...the 'Great Leader' of North Korea..]]

Lot many examples are brought forward. Idi Amin has backfired on MR, and Mugabe. But many critics fail to see how Mahathir Mohomed started in late 70s. Or South Korea got formed. We shud not judge so heavy handedly.

[[ All these talented chaps failed in their attempts by trying to circumvent the intelligensia of their own nations. When you piss off your own intellectually strongest people, other nations quickly use them to undermine your little wet dream.]]

Like SF did?

Well it is bit too much. SL shud not be the target. But it is possible to happen.

[[ The Russians are still laughing their sides out over the look on MR's face when they gave him a doctorate and a...incredibly...a CROWN...!!!]]

This bit is mere minor detail. I am not bothered about personal aspects and takes.

[[ King Maina! was oggling with eyes the size of saucers and the SL media had the good sense to cut it off...Even if not seen in public wearing it, its a sure bet the guy wears it in private. The biggest gorilla of the banana republik..]]

You seem to be very angry. But tell me, isn't this foolishness of ppl. Whom called him Maha Raja and brought him to taht level.

It is short lived. Depending how fast teh family catches the change of tide, it will survive.

This situ you report is not a big suroprise to me. In the past it has been same and worse. Most in the top brass think they can do it forever, but they all have a expiry period.

But there are positives in administration. There is development, which was never before. I found them being more accountable to nation than any other ruler since 1970. And they try resolving issues in a better way than before.

It may have non-audoted projects and % taken by parties. But it has been the same for known history.

Think of alternatioves. Who is next leader. Leave aside Mr, we do not have anyone even like CBK, RP, JR, Sirima etc. Next leader has not yet groomed. Ppl are helpless in taht regard.

I wanna see teh Rajapakse times to continue and complete its half work. It is the closest govt to patriots and most penetratable one too. In overall view I support them.

I did not mean to undermine your report. But I believe taht your report is more due to your expectration of SL under Mr is not meeting. For us, we gave power to him, as RW was so bad, I didn't even know taht he'd win few km of land from tigers. And I thot he's so outdated with economy. He's ottlived my expectations in those regard.

Pls counter my arguments. I am at no higher seat tahn to you in otrder to see it better. In fact I'm more of an outsider.

I dont see MR in the ilk of Kim il Sung, Chairman Mao or Polpot..He is more akin to Evo Morales..The rural Sinhala masses, despite being a vast majority were trod on by Colombians and Minorities (who called them moda Bandas)..But the rural masses have a champion..Please do not forget that MR did win Colombo handsomely..The real intelligentsia who did well at school and uni, but humble enough to speak Sinhala back MR..It's the old-rich which speak english at home who are whinging..It's a re-enactment of the gamperaliya so to speak..As Sujeewa said Malaysiaand South Korea started off with similar regimes..

MRs pick of PM will give us a hint of how nepotistic he is..I see Maithripala Sirisena as the rightful heir to MR's legacy..It's unfair to call MR going for family rule, every leader apart from Premadasa and Dingiri Banda, gave important positions to family memebers..Basil may be a great at getting things done, but he has to wait his turn..Plus I think Wimal W is good one to groom for leadership in about 10-15 years time..

[[One day I will be seen as the messenger from heaven that they missed by a big mile]]

It is not you. It is Akon. :)

You're the Castle Clown for His Excellency Shackra the lord of heaven.

Hok hok hok

BTW, many ppl find somee outside person/group as their challenge, but you seem to find the fellow bloggers as your main challenge. Did they give you a hard life, I wonder. It sure is a mental complexity in your end.

Now I have known you in the www for at least 5 years as a SL Patriot and hence I am more inclined to read what you write here than one who does not know you and might dismiss you as yet another undercover RW/TNA/LTTE/SF MF stooge (and we have quite a few still roaming these blogs).

The bottom line…I would not totally deny or dispute what you have said. However, at the same time I am candid in telling you that it looks like you have missed the “picture in its entirety.”

Let me explain what I mean as follows:

The long drawn out, horrific, war finished in May 2009. So, at this juncture we are not even 1 year into post-war yet.

Now soon as the ground war finished with guns went silent and the prepped claymores were being discovered and disarmed, what did we have? Did we have all calm dawning on our beloved nation? I say an emphatic NO!

Here are the key new offensives, and elements thereof, that MR GOSL faced almost immediately then:

1) The separatist, pro-separatists, just switched gears and went on a concentrated blitz to isolate Sri Lanka via “Human Rights Violations” “War Crimes” “Media Freedom” etc. Now when this happened, the nation was once again put under another “siege” and naturally it allowed the continuation of suspicion and counter-measure security etc. that in my view should have been rid of after May 2009. As such the blame for this squarely rests within the anti-SL traitorous MF clan and not on MR GOSL.

2) The SF fiasco. In my view, this was the most damaging hook-punch to the nation. Here was something that got all Sri Lankans totally by surprise and it came from the left field! Instead of post-war development, here now we found the MR GOSL desperately trying to ward off the falling of their GOSL that had defeated the LTTE MFs. All the signs were truly ominous – that SF, who had gotten into bed with even the LTTE proxy TNA, was out to install a LTTE-friendly regime with limitless money being pumped into that effort from the Tamil separatist influenced west, pro-LTTE NGOs, and even direct contributions from the LTTE MFs themselves (which SF openly said was not wrong to accept!).

Now in my estimation, this battle against this hurriedly-banded-together “reactionary force” took the better part of 6 months on GOSL’s time and effort. The fact that nearly U$600,000 was found in unused, sequentially numbered bills in vaults belonging to SF (via his relatives) was truly a revelation. Now typically who has access to withdrawals of this kind of large sums of money in sequentially numbered, unused bills? Answer: It is usually only a state apparatus would have access to such. When withdrawing money from a retail/commercial bank, it is not possible to get such wads of currency bills for that kind of large sum for the average person. Now does this not tell us of the strange hands at play, strange hands that had ganged up to depose MR GOSL (and install a pro-Tamil separatist regime)?

3) Heightened attack from the “Colombians.” You speak of the Colombians as the “intelligentsia” and the “intellectuals” and I cannot help but cringe at it. Quite a few of my relatives in Colombo belong to this clan so I know well who these people are. You speak of as if their contribution was key in the past to where are today (i.e. LTTE MFs defeated and we are one-nation once again from Kyts to Dondra), but I wholly disagree with that view. Since the time MR formed his GOSL in 2005, these Colombians were out to screw him up and by golly, they almost succeeded doing it a few times!

So who are these Colombians? By interacting with them (no choice for me) and speaking with their friends, here’s my assessment of them: They are:

A. Often businessmen who made enormous profits from the days of JRJ to RW when they nationalized, through rigged and corrupt “fireside sales,” valuable state assets, crown corporations and operations thereof, to their friends and relatives and also UNP loyal party supporters. Of course, during JRJ’s time, it was common knowledge how his ministers, relatives and friends (including his son) were minting in money. Also, especially after RW was kicked out of power, they became sore losers when some of their lucrative but loathsome money-gouging (often from the poor) schemes that RW had bestowed upon them very kindly, fell apart.

B. Often CBK campers who had it real-good when that pathetic cow ran the GOSL. Speaking of corruption now, boy what happened during her tenure from 94-2001 should have been documented for “how to rob a nation” for future crooks-prospects as the schemes were truly masterpieces!

As well, remember CBK and her loyal camp never forgave MR for dethroning the “Bandaranaike” name from the Sinhasanaya and today they are real sore bunch. How sore they are is evident when you remember how CBK first unofficially supported RW in 2005 PE and then later boldly stepped into the foray in January 2010 and asked people to vote for SF!

Of course, these CBK supporters also hate the SA JVP for kabashing the CBK P-TOMS with LTTE and ultimately bringing down the CBK regime, but their hatred of MR is more overpowering as it had become personal (as they always thought of “Rajapakses” as underlings who should always stay there).

C. Members of the “victim industry” or officially known as the NGOs/INGOs. Many of the key and high-ranking local employees of these very prosperous NGOs were employed from within Colombo and boy, did they have it good when the war dragged on for 30 years! I myself have seen the luxury in which these vile parasites had immersed themselves in, and had to contain myself from throwing up.

D. Of course, the anti-Buddhist, Christian/Evangelical movement. These people are traditionally folks who put their faith before their love for their Motherland and during the war, many of them would openly say the solution was to “give LTTE the separate state so we can have peace in Colombo.” Of course, the fact that their religious leaders, including the Bishops of various denominations, would criticize GOSL’s security/ military measures and harp that “peace talks” was the way to go, had a tremendous influence on them.

E. Last but not the least, the “Colombo Tamil” elite. This potent clan also belongs often to either one or many of the types noted in A. C. and D. above. They were always secretly pro-LTTE and to them it was an irreparable loss to see the LTTE die out in a muddy pool!

In short, these Colombians barely contributed to the war-effort (either materially or with their sons being encouraged to join the military), but as soon as the war ended they demanded “overnight prosperity” from MR.

However, what’s encouraging is that a quite a few of them that I spoke to last month when I was in Colombo seem to have some second-thoughts now about their earlier stance and were speaking with more hope than despair. Of course, given the freedom to move anywhere in the Island, many of them had visited hitherto non-accessible places like Jaffna, Trinco and environs, Wilpattu, Madu church, etc. and had seen for themselves the rapid transformation taking place in many places and that might have added to toning-down their rabidly anti-MR rhetoric.

I think your criticism of MR and his GOSL is not totally misplaced. However, if you were to look at the picture in its entirety and consider what promotes those shortcomings, you will see that SL is “still at war” (a fact, as explained above) and that “siege” climate promotes a complementary certain “impunity” climate to permeate within the ruling apparatus.

As such, I say the solution is to first continue to pool our efforts to neutralize this continuing “war-threat” as that way, we will be addressing a root cause. Today MR and his GOSL are being perceived as “the strong government” that SL should have when continuing to fight this insidious enemy (from both within and outside SL (i.e. the pro-LTTE Tamil diaspora is stilly flying LTTE flags in the west) and the attitude of many seems to be “we will support MR and his GOSL as at this stage as we cannot have a weak, pro-separatist government. A weak government at this stage would undo what our sons/brothers/fathers fought for and died.”

[[“we will support MR and his GOSL as at this stage as we cannot have a weak, pro-separatist government. A weak government at this stage would undo what our sons/brothers/fathers fought for and died.”]]

not only that. Just think whom to vote for otherwise...

I treasure democracy and like to see an strong opposition. But an opposition of Sri Lankans. Not traitors and foreign agents. Right now opposition is fully infested with latter. At such a point a true Sri Lankan is compelled to vote for the govt.

As I said the next leader is not yet groomed. There is NO competition for it. More competition to stay away from it.

From any party, UPFA, UNP, JVP or even a SF party, if someone stands up for same rights that MR stood for, he will be accepted. Most idiots have taken against the ppl and those rights since they oppose MR and Mr represents them. It is like this. Since you hate the tenant, you the land,lord burn your own house rented to him.

Still there is room for another politician who stands for the ppl's rights.

In elections ppl do foolish things individually But in long term, as a whole ppl are not fools.

A top US military official says the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group, predominately a threat to India, is fast expanding operations to other South Asian countries including Sri Lanka.

According to a PTI report Admiral Robert Willard, Commander of the US Pacific Command in his testimony before the US Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday has said that that the group is expanding in Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.

"Right now our concern is the movement of Lashkar-e-Toiba, the terrorist group that emanates from Pakistan that was responsible for the Mumbai attacks in India, and specifically their positioning in Bangladesh and Nepal, the Maldives and Sri Lanka," Willard said in response to a question from Senator George Lemieux.

He said the US was working "very closely with the Indians" and within to develop the necessary plans to counter LeT and its movement into the Asia-Pacific region.

Asked specifically if the LeT is a regional threat or a threat to India, Willard said as of now Lashkar is predominately a threat to India.

"And we have certainly knowledge of their influence within the region beyond the countries that I just mentioned. The extent of that influence is what we're taking under study," he said.

[Sri Lanka's Media Ministry call on journalists to declare assetsMar 28 (CP) Colombo- Sri Lanka's Mass Media and Information Ministry has called on every journalist in the country to submit a declaration of their assets by April 30, 2010. The Ministry has stated that under the terms of the 1988 Declaration of Assets and Liabilities Act, journalists also have to declare their assets. ]

Good idea, how about being an example first before asking the same from others?

Akon music is poison for traditional Sinhalese culture. Those who banned or sponsored Akon are not following any of these values.

[Although President Rajapakse himself may not be a Akon fan, there is a high possibility that his son educated in St Thomas's College, Mt. Lavinia, and later at Cardiff University in Wales and drives a BMW X5 may have heard of Akon. He may have even listened to his music at that nightclub in Horton Place, Colombo 7, above the Coffee house, as he like many of his generation aspires to the lifestyle of the Colombians.]

This is why I say modern Sri Lanka is a Pakisland. The Traditional SL culture is being supported by the Colombian values which is more Pakis than anything.

Akon music is poison for traditional Sinhalese culture. Those who banned or sponsored Akon are not following any of these values.

[Although President Rajapakse himself may not be a Akon fan, there is a high possibility that his son educated in St Thomas's College, Mt. Lavinia, and later at Cardiff University in Wales and drives a BMW X5 may have heard of Akon. He may have even listened to his music at that nightclub in Horton Place, Colombo 7, above the Coffee house, as he like many of his generation aspires to the lifestyle of the Colombians.]

This is why I say modern Sri Lanka is a Pakisland. The Traditional SL culture is being supported by the Colombian values which is more Pakis than anything.

Akon music is poison for traditional Sinhalese culture. Those who banned or sponsored Akon are not following any of these values.

[Although President Rajapakse himself may not be a Akon fan, there is a high possibility that his son educated in St Thomas's College, Mt. Lavinia, and later at Cardiff University in Wales and drives a BMW X5 may have heard of Akon. He may have even listened to his music at that nightclub in Horton Place, Colombo 7, above the Coffee house, as he like many of his generation aspires to the lifestyle of the Colombians.]

This is why I say modern Sri Lanka is a Pakisland. The Traditional SL culture is being supported by the Colombian values which is more Pakis than anything.